Suspects point gun at infant’s head in robbery, police say

Police have arrested two men in a robbery in which one of the suspects allegedly held a gun to a 6-month-old child’s head to force his mother to cooperate, officials said.

Police have charged Rodney Robinson, 22, and Tedarrius Thomas, 22, with a slew of charges including aggravated assault and aggravated robbery.

According to police, just after 2:30 a.m. Monday, the victim noticed a car following her as she left a gas station. As she pulled into her home in the 5800 block of Asquith Place in the Parkway Village area, a man got out and forced her into the apartment, police said. A second man joined him, and they pointed a gun to the infant boy’s head to force his mother and the other three people in the apartment to cooperate, police said. Although the suspects demanded money, all they got was $20 from the mother. No one was injured.

About an hour and a half later, police said, the two suspects took a man’s wallet and phone in the 3500 block of Hickory Hill, not far from the first location. Police stopped Thomas while he was driving, and found the second victim’s driver’s license inside the car, according to an affidavit.

Robinson has been charged with aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated robbery and three counts of attempted aggravated robbery. He is being held on $1 million bond.

Thomas has been charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated assault and one count of attempted aggravated robbery. He is also being held on $1 million bond.

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